scholarly journals Postsecondary Entrance Examinations in Nigeria: A Critical Analysis of the Design and Predictive Validity of the Tripartite Assessment System

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86
Author(s):  
Monsurat Omobola Raji
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Admission Process ◽  
Entrance Examinations ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Job Roles ◽  
Standardized Examinations

Admission into post-secondary education requires the fulfillment of specific standards or criteria by prospective candidates. Criteria include, but are not limited to, standardized examinations, resumes, intent statements, tests, interviews, etc. In Nigeria, prospective students must pass three examinations as part of the admission process into post-secondary programs. Reports suggest these examinations lack the best design features and have very low predictive validity in student success in post-secondary programs and their job roles after graduation. This paper critically evaluates the design features of SSCE, UTME, and PUTME in the context of Nigeria and their predictive validity towards student learning and success as graduates. Implications of the Nigerian post-secondary entrance assessment system are discussed. Recommendations are offered from two jurisdictional models to improve the current status of the tripartite post-secondary entrance assessment system in Nigeria.

Conception and Current Progress of China In-Service Pressure Equipment Inspection and Assessment Regulation and Standard System

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guodong Jia ◽  
Binan Shou ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Jin Shi ◽  
Guoshan Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assessment System ◽  
Standard System ◽  
Current Status

Based on the analysis of the current status of China inservice pressure equipment inspection and assessment regulation and standard system, the China RBI application is overviewed in this paper. The conception of in-service pressure equipment inspection and assessment system of China is presented and feature of this system and its current progress is introduced.

Evaluating the Predictive Validity of the Compas Risk and Needs Assessment System

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Brennan ◽  
William Dieterich ◽  
Beate Ehret
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Assessment System

scholarly journals Sectoral Relations, Appropriateness, Supply-Demand Problem in the Post-Secondary Vocational Schools: Recommendations for Improvement

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-339
Author(s):  
Aslı Günay ◽  
Ömer Açıkgöz ◽  
Zafer Çelik ◽  
Murat Öztürk
Keyword(s):  
Associate Degree ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Vocational Schools ◽  
School Employees ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Associate Degree Programs

This current study aims to identify the problem areas of the post-secondary vocational schools and develop some possible actions that could be taken to improve them. In order to obtain information about the current status of these schools, a questionnaire was prepared and distributed to post-secondary vocational school employees and 167 industrial sector representatives. The answers of these respondents were analyzed by using factor analysis, and some indexes were generated. The results of this study suggest that the main problems of the post-secondary vocational schools are stated as the limited collaboration between the post-secondary vocational schools and the private sector firms, selection of inappropriate locations to open post-secondary vocational schools, limited social facilities, and the lack of job opportunities for some graduates of associate degree programs. Some institutional and educational recommendations are suggested by the participants for solving these problems. For example, to improve the institutional status of the post-secondary vocational schools, the duration of workplace training should be increased, machinery and equipment used in these schools should be enhanced, and employment demand projections should be taken into consideration while determining the student admission quotas. In terms of education and training, they propose that the education period should be extended for the students to gain professional skills and competences, and a preparatory class should be placed to improve the basic professional skills of the general high school graduates who enrolled in these schools.

scholarly journals An evaluation of the current status of EIA system in Pakistan focusing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Deedar Ahmed ◽  
Abdullah Khan ◽  
Zulfiqar Ali ◽  
Daulat Khan ◽  
Ihsan Ullah Afridi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
National Level ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan, like many other developing countries has adopted the integration of environmental concerns in its social and economic planning. Pakistan has developed some environmental legislation and policies at the national level for the protection and conservation of environment. This paper evaluates the current status of the environmental assessment system in Pakistan and especially in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province by using the Christopher Wood Evaluation Model. The EIA system in Pakistan has many strong features like the legal basis for assessment process, strong apprehension and willingness for screening and scoping, stakeholder’s involvement and participation, mitigation of impacts, and cost & benefits of EIA system. The limitations found in the assessment process of Pakistan includes Preparation of EIA report and its review, monitoring and auditing, strategic environmental assessment, while consideration of alternatives and decision making mechanisms are completely ignored. Besides these, the study revealed the practice of ineffective remedial measures, non-professional, inexperience and unregistered consultants involved in the environmental assessment and sporadically the politically oriented decision making process. This evaluation led to a series of suggestions regarding the improvement of EIA system in Pakistan and especially KP Province with a view to develop its quality and effectiveness.

Validation of the Ohio Youth Assessment System Dispositional Tool (OYAS-DIS): An Examination of Race and Gender Differences

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-211
Author(s):  
Christina A. Campbell ◽  
Christopher D’Amato ◽  
Jordan Papp
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
White Males ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Published Research

The Ohio Youth Assessment System-Disposition Tool (OYAS-DIS) is a juvenile risk assessment that is used in numerous states and jurisdictions to assess criminogenic risk of juvenile offenders. Still, there is little published research on the predictive validity of the tool. The purpose of the current study was to examine the predictive validity of OYAS-DIS, with a specific focus on understanding prediction of recidivism across racial and gender subgroups. The sample consisted of 4,383 youth that received a court petition in a single large Midwestern county juvenile court. The findings indicated that the OYAS-DIS was a statistically significant predictor of recidivism across all racial and gender subgroups. However, there was statistically significant variation in predictive validity across subgroups. For instance, the tool was a statistically significantly better predictor of recidivism for White males as compared to Black male youth. There was also statistically significant variation in the predictive validity of certain domains (e.g., juvenile justice history) on the OYAS-DIS across racial and gender subgroups. Implications of research favor the use of the OYAS-DIS to predict recidivism for adjudicated juveniles.

Mapping the Field of Nonprofit Management and Philanthropic Studies in Canada: Cross-Country Comparison of Curricular Offerings

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roseanne Mirabella ◽  
Marty Sulek ◽  
Terence Teo
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Nonprofit Management ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Partnership Model ◽  
Regime Types ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Philanthropic Studies ◽  
British Commonwealth

This paper provides the most comprehensive mapping to date of the current state of nonprofit management and philanthropic studies (NMPS) education programs in Canada. One of the more significant findings of this study is both the number and types of Canadian NMPS programs offered in the historically French-speaking province of Quebec, versus the predominantly English-speaking parts of the rest of Canada. We hypothesize that differences in the structure of civil society between English- and French-speaking parts of the country may have led to a differentiation in both the number and types of NMPS programs offered in the two regions. Canada is an apparent hybrid of the “welfare partnership” model found in many “continental European” countries, such as France, and the Anglo-Saxon model predominantly found in the United States, the United Kingdom, and some other members of the British Commonwealth. Given this hybridity, we compare the course offerings of French and English-speaking Canadian NMPS programs with those of other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OCED) employing Esping-Anderson’s regime types as a comparative framework. This comparison reveals no strong correlations between these regime types and the nature of their NMPS curricular offerings. We follow this analysis with a more comprehensive comparison of American and Canadian NMPS education and offer a brief historical overview of the latter. We found significant differences in the NMPS education between these two countries, both qualitative and quantitative. Most significantly, a much larger proportion of Canadian post-secondary education institutions have programs that include at least some NMPS curricula, whereas there is a much larger proportion of programs in American institutions with NMPS as their primary focus. We then conclude by suggesting two potential paths of development lie ahead for Canadian NMPS programs: one follows the current status quo, dispersing programs among many programs and actors, the other sees the establishment of more centres specializing in NMPS education in a few select institutions, and also possible consolidation in programs for which it is a more peripheral concern.

The Quantitative Evaluation of Coal Seam Stability Based on Component GIS

2012 ◽  
Vol 500 ◽  
pp. 168-174
Author(s):  
Long Quan Chen ◽  
Run Yuan Kuang
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Stability Assessment ◽  
Stability Evaluation ◽  
Component Gis ◽  
The Stability

The stability of the mining is important for coal, and stability of the current status of coal was analyzed, selecting appropriate indicators that evaluate the importance of stability of the coal seam is so significant. Using GIS Spatial database to achieve a unified data management for spatial data and attributes, and analyze of coefficient of variation of coal thickness and correlation dimension of coal thickness, and use of these two indicators of a coal mine in the coal seam to analyze stability evaluation. Finally, developed stability assessment system of coal based on component-based GIS MapX. The results show that quantitative evaluation of the stability of the coal is reliable, can provide a theoretical basis for coal mining.

Relationships between ground motion parameters and damaged buildings for 2016 Mw 6.4 Meinong, Taiwan Earthquake

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guan-Yi Song ◽  
Yih-Min Wu
Keyword(s):  
Ground Motion ◽  
Peak Ground Acceleration ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Ground Motion Parameters ◽  
Motion Parameters ◽  
Seismic Damage Assessment

<p>The relationships between ground motion parameters (including peak ground acceleration, PGA; peak ground velocity, PGV) and building damages are crucial to estimate the possible seismic losses for future destructive earthquakes. One such relationship had been established based on the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake (Mw=7.6). Since 2010, a new assessment system of seismic damaged buildings had been adopted in Taiwan. Damaged buildings are now classified into two categories, yellow-tagged buildings are amendable and red-tagged buildings may need to rebuild. Our main goal is to renew the relationship to better reflect the current status in Taiwan, both in the buildings and assessment system. 2016 Meinong earthquake (Mw=6.4) caused the most damaging buildings in Taiwan since 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake. It’s an opportunity to combine ground motion data with building assessments for the new regression relationship. From the results, we find out that in the Meinong earthquake, the PGA seems to possess a higher correlation to the building damages, contrary to the previous studies. Further investigation suggests that it may be due to the biased sample size to the damaged buildings, that is, most of the damaged buildings tend to be lower.</p><p>Keywords: Hazard analysis, Peak ground acceleration, Peak ground velocity, Seismic damage assessment</p>

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